Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-16
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7ns ssessmfaI orsnnizasssu u -
esatais braneh q fhs Ira Natssnai
Essagae - Amsriea vfll. 4 i as6erstso5,
~ tAs slens1 for ~ eERnnizstssn q
brnnsbes ~ he Laaeas fhFo1zhssi the
Terri11zy. Ths snnuess whkch has 81
fsnasd f1s Erss yspfars. sd tbs enfbn-
sfnnm whseb has besn inapirsd ~ ne
mstsneni. indIsnis fhat ~ oEzazfzs-
tson 81 IFizhnaen and sympashizsEs vita
Ne esass q Ereiand. 10 Wasbineson
TsrT1ssFy, vii Be- sfseDded vita -
iaras dsefss 81 ssssss Which Ssh .
movsmsnt deserves.
Ths 1rish synpatbizsrs u wsshine-
tou Territory hays besn ssnguIaFiy bsnk-
ward aboui oxaanixing 10 assist tks Ns-
tlonal IsaGss IA is great work No
reason for this y spcsrent. Tbs iEisA
ssaidsnfs 81 tbs Territory ase certainly
~ snshassasfie 10 their s0untryss canAe
e. ihoss 81 any State IN Ne Dui0n, an5
sympafhy w1th tie eaass q IFaa@nd has
been general among psopIs Of ~ glasses
and natlonaIisfss sInes Parnaii bscome
Tie recognized exponent Of ne IFish
national fssEing. The ioaFnais Of TIE
Territory. almest wtsb0af exceptions
have spoken msss fssorably Of NE IEisA
eanse, and tbey Wers always rsa1y 70
suppoEt warmly asy mossuent designed
TO annist 4.
In spits q al tbs, boSsysE, The IRISH
men Of Washlneton TsrFitsry have re-
mainsd p6ssiye and nnorRanissd. Whils
thoss Of Der sister states and Terri
tories kass bssn svaks and active. and
have renaersd Valuable s@iat3nss 20
their stFuaeiiAe oountEymsn asssss the
60. HAa Il nss bssn for this aaaissAnes
he gallant struReis Cor justice % frs-
land mnss Iona since have eodsd 10 dis-
sslsr and defeat Unlsas saeh assist
anes Is oonifBnsd, ths dangsr Il REsaf,
fos tie critical days Of the contest are
yss - eome. 10 h not, tksEsfors,
manly o. paiEietie for the Irish eitixsss
Of WashinRton TsrEitSsy 70 ssmain Idle
and rsfune 70 isft their hands 70 assist
in the eontess into vhioh Irlsh- Amssi-
eans IN al other parts Of The Unitea
staass hsss entered With 80 enthasissD
and . dstaEninasion whish augur veil
for ne success u The cause.
Nov. h0wevsF, . systematic movement
has bssn inaagufatsd for the eszaniza-
tioa q Irish sYmpathiEsrs In washing
toa Territory and fer their % operation
With The esnsFai movsmens In favor Of
home rule fos Ireland. A better tIaas
for such . mevemsnt could not Be-
chosen. AZ hiss been said. the critical
epoch Of shs STRUGGLE for Ireland IL sp-
proaehina. and shs eapsoity u the Irish
people f0E eonslnusd sndaFsnss and
e0ntinned resistance will be tested
within The nsxt few months as Il hes
seldom been tested In Tbs past. Thoaeh
The contest viii Be bitter one, Il 10 one
which gives every Indication Of suos eos,
for he SCATTERING and trembling Sails
bury Government Oannos long persist In
the policy ef coercion upon which 10 hss
entered With 20 loud . flourish Of trum-
pets. With one more victory, the cat
lock for The cause Of Irelsnd will be
bright Indeed.
Captain O'foole, the stste Delegate
for WaahinRson Territory on the ExeCa
tive Committee Of The Irish National
League Of America, deserves every en-.
coarAaemsni IN his effort 10 put the
IFiah citizsns Of the Territory tn con-
diticn 20 render their due share Of as
siatanos IN The great work. II ia to BE-
hoped that bis efisFts will Be crowned
with such success that Washington Ter
Fitory vii sOos possess a. mans
branches 81 The League 10 proposition
10 her population IS any State 10 the
union. Irish-AmsFieans. like American
eitiBens Of any other extraction. owe
their FIRST and paramount duty 10 Amer
lca But they also owe . duty 10 toe
land Of their nstisisy--a dasy which
may Be performed without interfering
In the sliRatess degree With The duties
Of Amsrican citizenship and uhose per
formanes eanses AmsEssAn citizenship
10 Fesa more eraeefally and bscomiuRly
uPon then.